The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1887-02-17
SENATE BILLS PASSED.

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To authorize the city of Waseoa to issue bonds
| for water works.
To prohibit the catching OF fish in Lake Mime
| Washta, Carver county.
To authorize the city Of St. Peter to issue
| bonds Tor water works.
! SENATE.
Senator Bowens bill taxing railroad Land
was passed with an important amendment
yesterday, which relieves actual sett err
who have paid taxes from the date OF pnr-
chase from oil back taxes. This will settle
the question of taxes which have fIigh enc !
| settlers in the state from occupying certain
railroad lands The provision is intended TO
protect those settlers who have bought
! land in good faith, and who have paid he r
| taxes from the time of purchase. but VIII
reach great many persons, who it is
| claimed, have evaded and are still evading
the payment Of any taxes at all
| Mr.. Smiths bill passed bv the senate yestcr-
day likes the limitation of judgments In aSes to
mens as rendered bv decree Of the court in sich
| cases the judgment may b, opened un a. a1y
time within twenty years. Mr. Smiths biii
limits the time to three years from date Of i,,dg-
| ment
The senate bills for the relief of Akin and
| Tiuax for contested election expenses were cut
| down by the finance committee. Mr.. Akin gets
$93.. 80 instead of $3.50. and Mr. Tru,x ,s.s
1870 instead of $1,000.
| Ho use
The house voted down motions to re-
commit the high license bill and also to
amend, and passed the bill by q vote OF 90
to 36.
| IN THE SENATE
| There was only few more than quorum
when the senate was called to order yester
day. The following committee reports were
| received:
Scheffer: Relating to corporations to pass
Edwards: Canada thistles to pass. Compton ::
| Sheritfs certificates to pass. Comstock: Legal
izing certain foreclosure proceedings to pass.
Donnely: H. F. to amend the constitution to
| protect rights Of working people to pass. Dom
| nelly II. F. relating to private consultation
| between attorneys and prisoners to pass keyes ::
H. F. excluding certain persons from trials in
| scandaious cases to pas Rogers: H. +. legal
izing certain town and city plots to pass Newell:
| court to pass Gregory: H. F. taking deposi-
| tions to pass. Rogers: Relating to attorneys
| fees to pass.
| Mining
! Substitute for Whiteman's bill to establish
| mining school at Duluth. Provides school for
| manual training in all branches Of mining and
| geology. Passed.
| Federal relations
Joint resolution in relation to the school lands
| OF the United States to pass.
The senate went into committee OF the
I whole, Mr.. Clark in the chair The follow
ing bills We're recommended to pass:
| ComstOck, to furnish Minnesota reports to
| certain officers: Daniels relating to trustees of
| insane hospital at Rochester; Durant, re ating
| to cutting ice: Goodrich, amending military
panies: Goodrich. abduction of females: D Durant,
| collection Of delinquent taxes; Crandall, to ap
lropriate II, money for state school for dependent
state normal school at Moorhead.
SENATE BILLS PASSED.
| Chapman-Fixng the salary Of the clerk and
| auditor of LIE Sueur county.
Lende-Amendi 'g the act incorporating the
| town of Candy in Cottonwood county.
! Ramsey County Observation-Disclosures the
| charter Of the city of st. Paul relating to the
| board of public works.
Whteman-Fixing the salaries Of the commits
| s1onnrs OF St. Louis county at 1850 per annum.
Whteman-St. Louis county to issue 81 5O,-
600 bonds for roads and bridges in that cou.. ty.
Ramsey County Delegation = Appropriating
| $1,000 for the Wabasha street bridge
| Observation-Disclosures the common council
Of Wabasha to convey certain real estate for a
| school house SITE
| Burkhardt-To amend the charter of the CITY
| of WabaSha.
| Edwards Restricting the ownership of real
Observation-Disclosures the city of Wabasha
to issue $4,000 bonds for water works and to
aid in maintaining ferry across the Mississippi
| river.
| IN THE HOUSE.
| Committee reports:
Judiciary-To fix the amount of property ex-
empt from levy. to indefinitely postpone; to set
| tie the alleged claims of F. H. Layhed and
| 4,
OF the constitution, relating to the punishman.
| fer miSdeme anOrS, to pass.
Towns and Counties-Relating to township as
| SCISSORS. sent to committee of the whole: making
| fee books in public ufices public records, etc. u
| indefinitely postpone; relating to town insCr
| ance companies, TO pass
The special committee On logs and lumber
| reported back a substitute bill for senate file
81, making the only change In the senate
| bill OF liking the scaling rates in the STILL
water district ut four instead of five cents
| HOUSE BILLS PASSED.
| To reorganize the health department of St.
To authorize Lake Benton to issue bonds.
To create and maintain public parks in Wi
| mona.
On special orders in the afternoon the
house disposed of the following bills:
To recover for the loss Of life or limb. Passed.
| To regulate actions for libel Passed.
TO prevent attorneys and agents from nego-
| tiating loans beyond the legal rate Of interest.
| Passed
! IN THE SENATE.
Mr.. Day offered resolution asking for an
| investigation of the amount of money asked
by the state normal schools Laid over.
The senate in committee of the whole, Mr.
Hoard in the chair, recommended the follow
ing bills to pass:
Bowen, to appropriate mouey for referees,
| medicine; Bowen. publishing special laws in
| newspapers; Whiteman, relating to water sup
ply; Compton. relating to villages: Daniels. re-
lating to corporations: Wallmark, contested
election expenses OF A. H. Truax: Truax, con-
| tested election expenses Of D. f. Akin: Pope, to
refund to purchasers at tax sales a.hounts in
for a bridge al sauk Rapids: Compton. for loan,
| ing permanent school fund.
Browns bill relating to the filing of chat
tel mortgages with the register of deeds was
indefinitely postponed
IN THE HOUSE.
| Ho,, Cnid ", he ohoir ~ fho
at $50 o'clock yesterday afternoon, when
Speaker Merriam, standing in the main aisle
and having just came in, made a startling
| announcement He said:
| ! haye just met the architects who have been
| examining the condition of this hall. They tell
me that it is very dangerous and that we ought
| it should be TO Market hall.
The members looked around and then up
to the ceiling, where cracks were opening
| and the great center beams sagglng down
| Then they glanced ut the gallery, with its
depressed line Some laughed, and others
inquired as to WHICH side would fall first
lost it's head for a moment, and every one
was on his feet The speaker had
no control over them. and confusion
reignedl: Mr Potter moyed that the
committee OF the whole rise. which was
done with alacrity. Mr. Merriam took the
chair, but could not preserve order With
much haste end little decorum motion to
adjourn to Monday at GAO p m. and then
to meet at Market hall was put and carried,
| SENATE.
The following committee reports were re.
| ceived:
Judiciary
schener, better enforcement of game laws, to
De printed and referred to committee Of the
wholo: Wood. collection Of vita statistioy, COM
mittee on finance: Clark, trial Of village ordin-
ances 70 pass: Ives owners Of land to test tax
}ndRments to pass: Ives, regulating sale OF
liquors to minors and habitual drunkards to bo
| printed and referred to committee OF the whole
Finance
Smith. organization Of weather and signal
service, to pass; Ives. amending the military
| code, to pass.
University and University Lands
Appropriattng money for the state university,
20 pass: authorizing the sale Of the Minnetonks
fruit farm. to pass. :, ,
>, SENATE BILLS PASSED.
Shields-Prcvent the running nt large of do
mestic animals In Kingston, MeeEer county..
y A mr. vN~AS.